Articles Archive
Below are all our previously published articles and news items - blog posts will be included here too.
There are also 2 wordpress blog sites which we previously used and for whom content is still available, although they are not currently being updated:
View from the Gravy Train
Thanks 2 Legal Aid
SRA Consultation Response
Post date: 30th of August 2019On 30 August 2019, YLAL responded to the consultation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on the pilot for Part 1 of the Solicitor's Qualifying Exam (SQE).
You can read our response to this consultation below.
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Chesterfield MP visits Law Centre
Post date: 18th of August 2019Toby Perkins, MP for Chesterfield visited Derbyshire Law Centre on 6 August 2019.
Toby said about his visit:
Read more...Ealing MP visits Law Centre
Post date: 18th of August 2019Rupa Huq MP for Ealing Central and Acton visited Ealing Law Centre on 9 August 2019:
The morning was spent discussing legal aid.
Ealing Law Centre said:
Read more...Legal aid news - June 2019
Post date: 7th of August 2019Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from June 2019.
Read more...Kemptown MP visits Brighton Advice Centre
Post date: 3rd of August 2019Lloyd Russell Moyle, MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven, visited Brighton Advice Centre on 1 August 2019.
You can read about Lloyd's visit on Andy Winter's blog - Andy is Chief Executive of Brighton Housing Trust.
Lloyd said about his visit:
Read more...Stretford & Urmston MP visits GMLC
Post date: 3rd of August 2019On 31 July 2019, Kate Green MP visited Greater Manchester Law Centre to learn more about early legal advice.
Kate said of her visit:
Read more...Informative and useful morning visiting @gmlawcentre as part of #takeyourmptowork campaign to learn about effect of legal aid cuts and priorities for advice work.
MPs: Why Early Advice is Important
Post date: 28th of July 2019As part of our #TakeYourMPToWork Campaign, we've been asking MPs to tell us why they think that early legal advice is important:
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Dulwich & W. Norwood MP Visit
Post date: 28th of July 2019On 25 July 2019, Helen Hayes MP visited Centre 70. Centre 70 is a London charity specialising in legal advice on Debt, Welfare Benefits, Housing, Utilities Debt and Student Finance. They also have a counselling service.
Helen is MP for Dulwich and West Norwood.
She told us why early legal advice is important:
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Runner up poem: Mandy Groves
Post date: 28th of July 2019Mandy's poem won runner up in our Sir Henry Brooke Essay Prize 2019.
Congratulations Mandy!
Read more...Runner up essay: Henrietta Boyle
Post date: 28th of July 2019Henrietta's essay won runner up in our Sir Henry Brooke Essay Prize 2019.
Congratulations Henrietta!
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